Complete List of National Parks in the United States

NPS Sites by State Placeholder
NPS Sites by State
NPS Units Placeholder
NPS Units

LEGEND
Green Dot: Visited | Yellow Dot: Visited, Didn’t Photograph | Red Dot: Not Visited
Dark Grey States: Completed


There are currently 421 official National Park Service units in the United States, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories as of August 2019. Of these, 62 have a national park designation.

This list includes all units managed by the National Park System, including national parks, national monuments, national historic sites, national battlefields, national preserves, and other related sites. This list does not include other federal sites that are managed by the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, or Fish and Wildlife Service.

The numbering of the units in the National Park System can be confusing—some parks are technically two units even though they function as a single unit. Denali, for example, is actually made up of Denali National Park and Denali National Preserve, which are technically two separate units but operate as a single unit. Other sites, like Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, have two separate units in two different states but are counted as a single site.

Each national park service site participates in the National Park Passport Program. Each site offers a stamp that you can usually get at its visitor center, as well as the passport book. Some sites have multiple stamps, which are for the nearby sites that might not have a dedicated visitors center—all of the National Park pages below feature information on what the stamp looks like and where to find it inside the park. The federal government also offers the America the Beautiful: National Parks & Federal Recreational Lands Annual Pass—an amazing card that allows you discounted entrance to national parks for an entire year, which can save you hundreds of dollars if you’re planning to visit several parks and sites in a single year.

Some National Parks are located in multiple states. They may be listed multiple times under each state on this page.

Sites with an asterisk * are officially two units but are treated as a single unit for visitation and management purposes.

Related links you might enjoy:


Alabama (9)

  • Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
  • Freedom Riders National Monument
  • Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
  • Little River Canyon National Preserve
  • Natchez Trace Parkway (w/ MS & TN)
  • Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail (w/ MS & TN)
  • Russell Cave National Monument
  • Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
  • Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site

Alaska (20)

American Samoa (1)

  • American Samoa National Park

Arizona (22)

  • Canyon De Chelly National Monument
  • Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
  • Chiricahua National Monument
  • Coronado National Memorial
  • Fort Bowie National Historic Site
  • Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (w/ UT)
  • Grand Canyon National Park
  • Hohokam Pima National Monument
  • Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
  • Lake Mead National Recreation Area (w/ NV)
  • Montezuma Castle National Monument
  • Navajo National Monument
  • Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
  • Petrified Forest National Park
  • Pipe Spring National Monument
  • Saguaro National Park
  • Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
  • Tonto National Monument
  • Tumacacori National Historical Park
  • Tuzigoot National Monument
  • Walnut Canyon National Monument
  • Wupatki National Monument

Arkansas (7)

  • Arkansas Post National Memorial
  • Buffalo National River
  • Fort Smith National Historic Site
  • Hot Springs National Park
  • Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
  • Pea Ridge National Military Park
  • President Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

California (27)

  • Cabrillo National Monument
  • Castle Mountains National Monument
  • César E. Chávez National Monument
  • Channel Islands National Park
  • Death Valley National Park (w/ NV)
  • Devils Postpile National Monument
  • Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site
  • Fort Point National Historic Site
  • Golden Gate National Recreation Area
  • John Muir National Historic Site
  • Joshua Tree National Park
  • Kings Canyon National Park
  • Lassen Volcanic National Park
  • Lava Beds National Monument
  • Manzanar National Historic Site
  • Mojave National Preserve
  • Muir Woods National Monument
  • Pinnacles National Park
  • Point Reyes National Seashore
  • Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial
  • Redwood National Park
  • Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park
  • San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
  • Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
  • Sequoia National Park
  • Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
  • Tule Lake National Monument
  • Yosemite National Park

Colorado (13)

Connecticut (1)

  • Weir Farm National Historic Site

Delaware (1)

  • First State National Historical Park (w/ PA)

Florida (11)

Georgia (11)

  • Andersonville National Historic Site
  • Appalachian National Scenic Trail (w/ many)
  • Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
  • Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (w/ TN)
  • Cumberland Island National Seashore
  • Fort Frederica National Monument
  • Fort Pulaski National Monument
  • Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
  • Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site
  • Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park

Guam (1)

  • War in the Pacific National Historical Park

Hawaii (8)

Idaho (7)

  • City of Rocks National Reserve
  • Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve*
  • Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
  • Minidoka National Historic Site
  • Nez Perce National Historical Park
  • Yellowstone National Park (w/ MT & WY)

Illinois (2)

  • Lincoln Home National Historic Site
  • Pullman National Monument

Indiana (3)

Iowa (2)

  • Effigy Mounds National Monument
  • Herbert Hoover National Historic Site

Kansas (5)

  • Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site
  • Fort Larned National Historic Site
  • Fort Scott National Historic Site
  • Nicodemus National Historic Site
  • Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Kentucky (7)

  • Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
  • Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (w/ TN)
  • Camp Nelson Heritage National Monument
  • Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (w/ VA & TN)
  • Fort Donelson National Battlefield (w/ TN)
  • Mammoth Cave National Park
  • Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument 

Louisiana (5)

  • Cane River Creole National Historical Park
  • Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
  • New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
  • Poverty Point National Monument
  • Vicksburg National Military Park (w/ MS)

Maine (4)

  • Acadia National Park
  • Appalachian National Scenic Trail (w/ Many)
  • Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
  • Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

Maryland (15)

  • Antietam National Battlefield
  • Assateague Island National Seashore (w/ VA)
  • Catoctin Mountain Park
  • C & O Canal National Historical Park (w/ DC)
  • Clara Barton National Historic Site
  • Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
  • Fort Washington Park
  • George Washington Memorial Parkway (w/ VA & DC)
  • Greenbelt Park
  • Hampton National Historic Site
  • Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
  • Monocacy National Battlefield
  • Piscataway Park
  • Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail (w/ PA)
  • Thomas Stone National Historic Site

Massachusetts (15)

  • Adams National Historical Park
  • Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park (w/ RI)
  • Boston African American National Historic Site
  • Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
  • Boston National Historical Park
  • Cape Cod National Seashore
  • Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
  • John F. Kennedy National Historic Site
  • Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
  • Lowell National Historical Park
  • Minute Man National Historical Park
  • New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
  • Salem Maritime National Historic Site
  • Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
  • Springfield Armory National Historic Site

Michigan (5)

  • Isle Royale National Park
  • Keweenaw National Historical Park
  • Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
  • River Raisin National Battlefield Park
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Minnesota (5)

  • Grand Portage National Monument
  • Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
  • Pipestone National Monument
  • Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway (w/ WI)
  • Voyageurs National Park

Mississippi (8)

  • Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
  • Gulf Islands National Seashore (w/ FL)
  • Natchez National Historical Park
  • Natchez Trace Parkway (w/ AL & TN)
  • Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail (w/ AL & TN)
  • Shiloh National Military Park
  • Tupelo National Battlefield
  • Vicksburg National Military Park (w/ LA)

Missouri (6)

  • George Washington Carver National Monument
  • Harry S Truman National Historic Site
  • Gateway Arch National Park
  • Ozark National Scenic Riverways
  • Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
  • Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield

Montana (7)

  • Big Hole National Battlefield
  • Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
  • Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site (w/ ND)
  • Glacier National Park
  • Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
  • Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
  • Yellowstone National Park (w/ ID & WY)

Nebraska (5)

  • Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
  • Homestead National Monument of America
  • Missouri National Recreational River (w/ SD)
  • Niobrara National Scenic River
  • Scotts Bluff National Monument

Nevada (4)

New Hampshire (1)

  • Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park

New Jersey (6)

  • Gateway National Recreation Area (w/ NY)
  • Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River
  • Morristown National Historical Park
  • Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
  • Statue of Liberty National Monument (w/ NY)
  • Thomas Edison National Historical Park

New Mexico (15)

  • Aztec Ruins National Monument
  • Bandelier National Monument
  • Capulin Volcano National Monument
  • Carlsbad Caverns National Park
  • Chaco Culture National Historical Park
  • El Malpais National Monument
  • El Morro National Monument
  • Fort Union National Monument
  • Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
  • Manhattan Project National Historical Park (w/ TN & WA)
  • Pecos National Historical Park
  • Petroglyph National Monument
  • Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
  • Valles Caldera National Preserve
  • White Sands National Park

New York (22)

  • African Burial Ground National Monument
  • Castle Clinton National Monument
  • Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
  • Federal Hall National Memorial
  • Fire Island National Seashore
  • Fort Stanwix National Monument
  • Gateway National Recreation Area (w/ NJ)
  • General Grant National Memorial
  • Governors Island National Monument
  • Hamilton Grange National Memorial
  • Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
  • Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
  • Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
  • Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site
  • Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
  • Saratoga National Historical Park
  • Statue of Liberty National Monument (w/ NJ)
  • Stonewall National Monument
  • Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
  • Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
  • Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
  • Women’s Rights National Historical Park

North Carolina (9)

  • Blue Ridge Parkway (w/ VA)
  • Cape Hatteras National Seashore
  • Cape Lookout National Seashore
  • Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
  • Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park (w/ TN)
  • Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
  • Moores Creek National Battlefield
  • Wright Brothers National Memorial

North Dakota (3)

Ohio (8)

  • Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
  • Cuyahoga Valley National Park
  • Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
  • First Ladies National Historic Site
  • Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
  • James A. Garfield National Historic Site
  • Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial
  • William Howard Taft National Historic Site

Oklahoma (2)

  • Chickasaw National Recreation Area
  • Washita Battlefield National Historic Site

Oregon (5)

  • Crater Lake National Park
  • Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (w/ WA)>
  • Lewis and Clark National Historical Park (w/ WA)
  • John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
  • Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve

Pennsylvania (18)

  • Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
  • Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
  • Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
  • Eisenhower National Historic Site
  • First State National Historical Park
  • Flight 93 National Memorial
  • Fort Necessity National Battlefield
  • Friendship Hill National Historic Site
  • Gettysburg National Military Park
  • Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
  • Independence National Historical Park
  • Johnstown Flood National Memorial
  • Middle Delaware National Scenic River
  • Potomac Heritage Trail
  • Steamtown National Historic Site
  • Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
  • Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
  • Valley Forge National Historical Park

Puerto Rico (1)

Rhode Island (2)

  • Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park (w/ MA)
  • Roger Williams National Memorial

South Carolina (7)

  • Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
  • Congaree National Park
  • Cowpens National Battlefield
  • Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park
  • Kings Mountain National Military Park
  • Ninety Six National Historic Site
  • Reconstruction Era National Historical Park

South Dakota (6)

Tennessee (12)

  • Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
  • Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (w/ KY)
  • Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
  • Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
  • Fort Donelson National Battlefield (w/ KY)
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park (w/ NC)
  • Manhattan Project National Historical Park
  • Natchez Trace Parkway
  • Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail
  • Obed Wild and Scenic River
  • Shiloh National Military Park (w/ MS)
  • Stones River National Battlefield

Texas (14)

  • Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
  • Amistad National Recreation Area
  • Big Bend National Park
  • Big Thicket National Preserve
  • Chamizal National Memorial
  • Fort Davis National Historic Site
  • Guadalupe Mountains National Park
  • Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
  • Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
  • Padre Island National Seashore
  • Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
  • Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River
  • San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
  • Waco Mammoth National Monument

Utah (13)

  • Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (w/ AZ)
  • Dinosaur National Monument (w/ CO)
  • Hovenweep National Monument (w/ CO)
  • Arches National Park
  • Bryce Canyon National Park
  • Canyonlands National Park
  • Capitol Reef National Park
  • Cedar Breaks National Monument
  • Golden Spike National Historical Park
  • Natural Bridges National Monument
  • Rainbow Bridge National Monument
  • Timpanogos Cave National Monument
  • Zion National Park

Vermont (1)

  • Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park

US Virgin Islands (5)

  • Buck Island Reef National Monument
  • Christiansted National Historic Site
  • Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve
  • Virgin Islands National Park
  • Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument

Virginia (19)

  • Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
  • Assateague Island National Seashore
  • Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
  • Blue Ridge Parkway
  • Booker T. Washington National Monument
  • Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
  • Colonial National Historical Park
  • Cumberland Gap National Historic Park
  • Fort Monroe National Monument
  • Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
  • George Washington Birthplace National Monument
  • George Washington Memorial Parkway (w/ MD & DC)
  • Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
  • Manassas National Battlefield Park
  • Petersburg National Battlefield Park
  • Prince William Forest Park
  • Richmond National Battlefield Park
  • Shenandoah National Park
  • Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

Washington (13)

  • Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve
  • Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (w/ OR)
  • Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (w/ AK)
  • Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
  • Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
  • Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
  • Manhattan Project National Historical Park
  • Mount Rainier National Park
  • North Cascades National Park
  • Olympic National Park
  • Ross Lake National Recreation Area
  • San Juan Island National Historical Park
  • Whitman Mission National Historic Site

Washington DC (25)

  • Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument
  • Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
  • Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (w/ MD)
  • Constitution Gardens
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial
  • Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
  • Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
  • George Washington Memorial Parkway (w/ VA & MD)
  • Korean War Veterans Memorial
  • Lincoln Memorial
  • Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
  • Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
  • National Capital Parks
  • National Mall
  • Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
  • Rock Creek Park
  • Theodore Roosevelt Island
  • Thomas Jefferson Memorial
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • Washington Monument
  • White House
  • World War I Memorial
  • World War II Memorial

West Virginia (4)

  • Bluestone National Scenic River
  • Gauley River National Recreation Area
  • Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
  • New River Gorge National River

Wisconsin (2)

  • Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
  • Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway (w/ MN)

Wyoming (6)